دُمَّلٌ
Root: دمل
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دُمَّلٌ
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دُمَلٌ A kind of purulent pustule, or imposthume; i. q.
خُرَاجٌ; well known: [said to be] an appellation applied as ominating good, like مَفَازَةٌ applied to a place of destruction; or because it tends to healing: said by IF to be Arabic: by As said to be used in Arabic: [app. of Pers. origin:] in Pers. دُنْبَلٌ, and بُنَاوَرٌ: [now vulgarly pronounced دِمَّلٌ and دِمِّل: and applied to any pimple or pustule, and to a boil: see حِبْنٌ:] the pl. (of دُمَّلٌ, T, S) is دَمَامِيلُ, which is anomalous, or دَمَامِلُ [agreeably with analogy].
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